Cabinet construction



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CABINET CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 19, 1927 6 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 23, 1932. H. 0. KING 1,846,643

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FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN CABIN ET CQNSTRU CTION Application filed December 19, 1927. Serial No. 241,089.

This invention pertains to the general class of cabinets and particularly to the class of assembled cabinets. The device shown in the drawings is adapted particularly as a cabinet for a radiator. However, applicants invention is not restricted to a radiator cabinet but may be applied to cabinets in general and devices of similar construction. To illustrate applicants invention, the description 5 will be limited to a radiator cabinet. It is the practice today for manufacturers of radiator cabinets to assemble same at the fac tory. In View of the large number of different sizes of radiators, each cabinet must be made to order. This, of course, involves a great deal of detail work and the cabinet cannot be made until the order is placed. A special box or crate for the cabinet is necessary in order that same will not be injured j while being shipped. The cabinet being as sembled necessarily takes up a great deal of space in the railroad car and high freight rates are encountered thereby. Same is very bulky and therefore difficult to handle. After same reaches its destination, should the radiator be warped slightly or should there have been a slight error in measurements or in the execution of the order, the cabinet will not fit the radiator and is practically a total loss. ;;30 Should any part of the cabinet become disfigured in any way during transportation, same must be entirely refinished or possibly rebuilt. Should the cabinet fit the radiator, all is well until a portion thereof becomes disfigured or injured in some way, in which case the whole cabinet must be refinished or possibly rebuilt. Furthermore, the cabinet cannot be adapted to fit a radiator of a different size. This is very often desired, particularly when a new radiator is installed. To avoid the above and other difficulties and to remedy the defects now existing in the art, applicant has produced the novel invention disclosed in this application.

An objectof applicants invention, therefore, is the production of a cabinet that may be readily knocked down and assembled, which is made up of a plurality of interchangeable parts such that any size of cabinet may be readily assembled, with the assembly such that any part thereof may be readily replaced. A further object of applicants invention is the production of a cabinet that may be readily varied in size with the interchange of a small number of parts. A further object of applicants invention is the produc- 3 tion of a cabinet that may be made up and placed in stock and readily assembled to fit any size radiator or to meet any desired demand. A further object of applicants in vention is the production of a radiator cabi- 3 1 net that lends itself readily to a standardization of finishes. A further object of applicants invention is the production of a cabinet of a relatively small number of parts, economically manufactured, readily crated and shipped, durable, readily adjustable to meet any demand for size and highly satisfactory for its intended purposes.

Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown and described will i be obvious to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein given.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In applicants invention the interfitting fitting parts are rigidly secured together by locking means. The locking means is so constructed that the parts may be drawn rigidly together. At the same time, same may be readily disassembled. The locking means holds the cabinet together in a manner equally as rigid as if the parts were permanently joined. At the same time the arrangement of the clamping means is such that the cabinet may be knocked down in a very few minutes.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet;

Fig. 2 is a view shown broken, taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line H of Fig. 5 is asection taken on line 55 of construction, preferably a plain flat sheet of Fig. 4; suitable material as illustrated at 26 in Fig. Fig. 6 is a section taken on line 6-6 of 2. The back 26 is preferably attached to the Fig. 5; inner side webs 24 and 23 of corner posts 5 ig. 7 is a section taken on line 77 of and 4, respectively. The means of securing Fig. 5; the back 26 to the corner posts -1 and 5 may Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 88 of be any convenient means such as bolts. Fig. 4; A deflector 27 is preferably positioned at Fig. 9 is a section taken on line 99 of the upper inside rear portion of the cabinet Fig. 8; as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The defl ctor Fig. 10 is a section taken on line 10-10 of 27 is made up of an arcuate portion 28 and a Fig. 1; base portion 29. The base portion 29 of the Fig. 11 is a. section taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of a portion of a cabinet illustrating the position of the various members in assembled position; and

Fig. 13 is a. front elevation of a radiator cabinet illustrating the use of bars as a panel instead of cane.

In the drawings, 1 illustrates a cabinet which may be of any size, construction and for any purpose. The drawings illustrate a radiator cabinet for the purpose of disclosing applicants invention. The invention. however. may be applied to any form of cabinet or similar structure. The cabinet 1 is shown made up of corner posts 2. 3. 4 and 5. In the form shown. the front is d ided bv means of a vertical member 6. Upper horizontal members 7 and 8 span the spaces between the corner post 2 and member 6 and member 6 and corner post 3. resnectivelv. Lower horizontal members 9 and 10 span the space between corner post 2 and member 6 and member 6 and corner post 3. respective- 1v. Bordered spaces 11 and 12 are thus formed within which can be arranged members simulating cane or an arran ementof bars as illustrated in Fig. 13. The corner posts have legs 13 attached to the bottoms thereof.

The sides are made up similar to the front with upper and lower horizontal. members spanning the snace between the front and back of the cabinet. The upper hor zontal members are shown at 14. and 15 in Fig. 2. Member 14 is connected to the tons of posts 2 and 5. Member 15 is connected to the tons of posts 3 and 4. Corner nosts 2. 3. 4 and are preferably angular as illustrated in Fi 2. The webs thereof in the form shown are at an angle of 90 with respect to ch other. Below the upper horizontal member 14: is the lower horizontal member 16 connected to the corner post 2 and to the corner post A similar member (not shown) connects the corner post 3 and corner post 4. A bordered space 17 is thus formed. This space as illustrated in Fig. 3 is filled by a member simulating cane. Corner post 2 is shown. in Fig.2". 2 as made up of webs 18 and 19. corner post 3 of webs 20 and 21. corner post l of webs 22 and 23. corner post 5 of webs 24 and The rear of the cabinet is of any desired deflector is secured to the back 26 of the cabinet.

The corner posts 2 and 3 are of similar construction; likewise corner posts t and 5 are of similar construction. The means of connecting the corner posts 2 and 3 to the horizontal members is illustrated in Fig. 5 which illustrates a section through corner post 2 and the adjacent portion of horizontal mem ber 14- and horizontal meml er 7 The plates 34 and 35 are used as fillers. The outer ends of webs 18 and 19 are flanged at 30 and 31 to hold these fillers or plates 34 and in place and also to give the post a neat appearance. Attached to plate 34 is a plate 36 which extends beyond the end of web 18 as shown at 36. Attached to plate is a plate 37. the end of which extends beyond the end of the web 19 as shown at 37. Attached to the plate 36 is a channeled member 33. Attached to the plate 37 is a. channeled member 39. In 5, the inner ends of these channeled members and 39 are shown connected. This is merely a convenient way of forming same. The connection at 4C0 just referred to. however, strengthens the corner post 2. The member 39 is shown in cross section in Fig. 6, same being more or less U-shaped and attached to plate 37 by flange 39'.

Horizontal member 14 on the inner face thereof has attached thereto a plate 41. Attached to the plate 4.1 is a proiectinf; member 42 shown formed more or less U-shape see Fig. 6) with side flanges 43 and 44 thereon. The projecting member 42 extends into the channel in the member 38 and is securer in place by means of wedging member positioned in a line of slots formed by slots in the upper and lower walls of the member 38 and in the flange portions 43 and 4% of member 4E2. As clearly illustrated in Fig. 5., plate 41 is set back from the edge 1 L of member 14, thus allowing the edge 14- of member 14 to abut the flanged portion 30 of the web 18. The plate 41 abuts the edge 36 of the plate 36. Twisting or movement o the parts serves to allow the wedge 45 to drop further into the slots, thus more securely holding the members together. The wedge 15 maybe driven into the slots if desired.

The connection of the member 7 to the corher post 2 is exactly similar to that just de scribed for the member 14.

The plates 34, 35, 36 and 37 do not extend the whole length of the corner post, but merely are short strips attached to the corner post adjacent the meeting edges of the abutting horizontal members, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. Any convenient means may be em ployed to hold these plates to the corner posts and to each other such as spot welding, etc.

As shown in F ig. 5, the projecting member 46 on the horizontal member 7 is attached to a plate 47. Plate 47 corresponds in all respects with the plate 41 on the horizontal member 14 except that the bottom edge thereof has a horizontal portion 48 with a flange 49 at its free end. The purpose of this construction is that of holding one end of a water pan 50 as clearly shown in Fig. 6. The means of connecting all of the horizontal members to the vertical members of the cabinet is similar to that just described for the connection of the horizontal members 14 or 7 to the upper part of the corner post 2. When the vertical member 6 is included in a cabinet which as will be readily understood, is merely optional. The means of connecting the horizontal members to the vertical member 6 is clearly disclosed in Figs. 8 and 9 wherein 51 is a projecting member on the horizontal member 7 having between it and the horizontal member a plate 52 which is in all respects similar to the plate 47 having a horizontal portion 53 thereon for supporting the other end of receptacle 50. The horizontal member 8 has a projecting member 54 thereon attached to plate 55, the plate 55 being exactly similar to plates 48 and 52 and supports one end of a receptacle 56. The channel members 57 and 58 are similar in construction to channel members 38 and 39, the

only difference being that they are in alignment instead of angular. The vertical member 6 is similar in all respects to a corner post such as corner post 2 with the exception that the angular webs of the post are in one plane as clearly shown in Fig. 8. The. vertical member has a filler 59 to which is attached a plate 60 with projecting edges 61 and 62 which abut the plates 52 and 55, respectively. It will be readily seen that each one of the vertical members has a projecting edge or flange similar to the projecting edges 61 and 62 which constitute a tongue which fits in a groove in the horizontal member. The groove in the horizontal member is formed between the projecting member such as members 51 or 54 in Fig. 8 and the horizontal member such as 7 or 8, respectively. The projecting member is spaced from the horizontal member by either one of the plates 52 or 55 as shown. It is thus seen that a rigid connection is made which at the same time provides for a neat and desirable appearance. l

the top front of the cabinet.

The inside rear of the front of a cabinet is clearly disclosed in Fig. 4 where the relationship of all the parts is clearly shown. Oblong apertures are formed in the top of members 7 and 8 as shown at 63 and 64, respectively, which allows for free circulation of air at Plate 65 is shown with a horizontal portion 66 for holding one end of the receptacle 56. It is readily seen that the receptacles 50 and 56 are positioned at the upper part of the front of the cabinet below the apertures 63 and 64. Liquid in the receptacles provides moisture for the air passing through the apertures 63 and 64. The receptacles obviously can be made in any length to correspond to the length of the horizontal member. It will be readily seen in Fig. 4 that the vertical member 6 together with horizontal members 8 and 10 and panel 12 may be removed and corner post 3 moved into the position of the vertical member 6. The cabinet can be made in any length with a plurality of vertical members 6, if so desired. A hinged cover 67 with a projecting edge 68 is preferably provided for the top of the cabinet. The edge 68 in this form of cabinet may be made to project over the front of the cabinet which allows for a certain latitude of adjustability with respect to the depth of the cabinet.

The manner of securing the panels to the horizontal and vertical members is clearly disclosed in Fig. 10. The inner edges of the horizontal and vertical members which border the spaces for the panel are preferably formed with inwardly turned angular portion 69 and an outwardly turned flange 70. The combined molding and panel holding strip 71 is formed more or less U-shaped at one edge as shown at 72, which portion engages the fiange 70. The member 71 then is preferably formed with an outwardly turned portion 73 which may be made to engage the portion 69 at 74 as shown in Fig. 10. The backwardly turned portion 75 may be formed in any desired shape to correspond to molding and is shown with a reverse curve. The edge of the portion 75 is shown turned backward at 76 presenting a face for engaging the panel 77. The panel 77 is thus secured between the portions 76 and one leg of the U- shaped-portion 72. The panel holding members at the corners are formed angular as shown at 78 in Fig. 3 for the purpose of a finished appearance. Any type of paneling may be used such as cane as already described or a series of bars as shown at 79 in Fig. 13. The paneling is securely held in place by the panel retaining strip 71 on all its edges. The leg 13 as disclosed in Fig. 11 is shown inwardly turned at 80 presenting a flange 81. The flange 82 on the member 13 is offset similar to the flange 81 and both engage the webs of the corner post. Any desirable means may be used to attach the flanges 81 and 82 to the corner post such as spot weldin It is rca lily seen that the inwardly turned port-ion 80 presents a shoulder for supporting the corner post vhich, for the purposes of this description, will be numbered 83. The face or faces of the leg 13 are thus a continuation of the faces of the webs of the corner post 83; thus providing for attractive appearancc.

In 12 is clearly shown the manner in which the various parts of the cabinet may be fitted together as well as the interchangeability of parts. Horizontal members 7, 8, 9, 10, ll, 15, 16, etc. may be made in any desired length and may be replaced by similar members of different lengths if desired. The front of the cabinet may be made up of a plurality of aligned horizontal members such as 7 and 8 and have a vertical member 6 therebetween or same may be one continuous memher without the inclusion of the vertical memher 6. The novel construction of applicants seeurin means provides for a rigid structure which may be disassembled in a very short time. The slight inclination of the inclined plane or planes on the wedging member 45 securely hold the parts in place and allow same to be drawn together with a great deal of force. At the same time a slight tap on the bottom of the wedging member 45 will displace the same and the parts disassemble.

As will be seen in Fig. 3, the deflector 27 prevents the forming of a dead air pocket at the upper rear of the cabinet and the receptaclcs at the upper front of the cabinet provide moisture for the warm air passing out through the apertures in the upper horizontal members 7 and S. The back 26 for the cabinet being of one fiat sheet of material may be made in any size to correspond to the assembled cabinet. Inasmuch as the same is a plain sheet of material. it can be readily cut to size and readily shipped or readily interchanged to suit the dimensions of the assembled cabinet. A highly novel arrangement and combination of parts is thus provided highly satisfactory for its intended purpose.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, or uses mentioned.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cabinet of the kind described and in combination, a plurality of spaced upright members. a plurality of transverse members between sai d upright members and positioned in abutting engagement therewith, a panel, moulding strips having means associated therewith for engaging opposed edges of said upright members and said transverse members and for engaging the respective adjacent edges of said panel, and a plurality of wedges operatively related to the upright and transverse members for drawing and securing said upright and said transverse members together in a manner to hold and secure said strips and panel in operative relationship with respect to each other and with respect to said members.

2. In a cabinet of the kind described, a plurality of upright and transverse frame members, means for securing said upright members to said transverse members comprising a tongue on one member, a groove in the other member, said tongue engaging said groove, a channeled member on one of said frame members and having aligned slots formed therein, U-shaped slotted member projecting from the other of said frame members and movable into said channeled member in a manner to engage the inner faces thereof, and means for engaging said slots for securing said members together.

3. In a cabinet of the kind described, means for detach ably securing said cabinet together comprising a channeled member, aligned slots in said channeled member, a U-shaped slotted member movable into the channel of said channeled member in a manner to engage the inner faces thereof, and means engaging said slots for securing said channeled member and said slotted member together.

4. In a cabinet of the kind described, means for holding panel therein comprising a member having a portion formed U- shaped, said member then turned back upon itself and terminating adjacent the bend of the U.

5. In a cabinet of the kind described and in combination, frame members having flanges formed thereon, a panel, means for securing said panel to said flange, said means comprising a member having a portion formed U-shaped and engaging said flanges between the legs of the U, said member then turned back upon one leg of said U and terminating adjacent said leg to secure said panel therebetween, and means for drawing said frame members toward each other.

6. In a cabinet of the kind described and in combination, a member, a flange on said member, and angularly disposed thereto, a panel, means for securing said panel to said member comprising a securing member having an end portion formed U-shaped and engaging said flange, said securing member then extending angularly with respect to said U- shaped portion and engaging said member, said securing member then turned back upon itself and terminating adjacent one leg of said U-shaped. portion to secure said panel against said leg.

7. In a cabinet of the kind described, molding means for securing a panel comprising an elongated member having one edge formed U-shaped, said members then extending angularly with respect to said U-shaped portion, then extending backward toward the Y bend of the U to form an ornamental strip, the free end of said ornamental strip bent inwardly adjacent said U-shaped portion.

8. In a cabinet of the kind described, spaced upright members, spaced transverse members adjacent the ends of said upright members, flanges on said upright and transverse members, means for positioning a panel between said upright and transverse members, said means comprising ornamental molding, said molding having one edge thereof formed U-shape for securing same to one of said flanges, said molding then extending angularly to said flange and adapted to engage one of said members, then back toward said U-shaped portion to form an ornamental strip, the free end of said ornamental strip being turned inwardly to secure on edge of a panel between same and said U-shaped portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

HOWARD 0. KING. 

